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"From master storyteller and historian H.W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter about the possible use of atomic weapons in response to China's...
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Crown Publishers
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c2007
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A critical look at the Bush administration and its legacy argues that Bush's black-and-white view of the world, as well as the complex domestic issues of the time, and the increasing lack of Middle East stability, will have profound implications for the United States.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008
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A reporter describes her efforts to uncover the story of her mother's childhood and the Polish family that had saved her during the Holocaust, revealing a decades-old dispute linked to a promise to hide the Jewish child in exchange for possession of their house.
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Random House
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[2016]
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"Tim Blanning, a master of combining the fields of political, economic, social, and intellectual history, is just the writer to bring us both Frederick's military triumphs--he consolidated a kingdom of scattered territories into one formidable nation--as well as his cultural and political accomplishments. From his long relationship with Voltaire to his musical talent to his patronage of the decorative and fine arts to the reinvigoration of German...
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